Former main league pitcher Yoervis Medina has died. Experiences out of his native Venezuela point out that authorities imagine Medina suffered a coronary heart assault whereas he was driving, resulting in a deadly automobile crash (through KIRO 7 Information). He was 37 years outdated.
Medina pitched for the Mariners and Cubs from 2013-15, working 146 innings throughout an an identical variety of video games. He posted a 3.08 profession ERA with a 23.1% strikeout price together with a 12.4% stroll price. Most of his success got here in his first two seasons, as Medina pitched to a 2.81 ERA with a 24.3% strikeout price and 12.6% stroll price in 125 innings for the Mariners from 2013-14. In that span, he ranked thirty fourth out of 109 certified relievers in ERA and ranked twenty first with a 53.5% ground-ball price.
He was traded to the Cubs in Could 2015 for Welington Castillo and pitched in 5 video games for them with a 7.00 ERA, however he wound up spending many of the season within the minors. That was adopted by transient stints within the Pirates and Phillies organizations in 2016, neither of which resulted in a giant league name. Medina then pitched within the Venezuelan winter league from 2016-20 earlier than transferring to the Italian Baseball League in 2023 and the Czech Baseball Extraliga in 2024.
Medina was teammates in Seattle with Jesús Montero, who was tragically killed in a bike crash earlier this month. We ship our condolences to Medina’s household, buddies, family members and former teammates.
